Investigating the Past

Which of the following is a topic that would be included in the study of ancient history?

• the causes of World War II

• where early humans lived

• the first American president

• where the airplane was invented

What is a geographer?

• a person who creates artifacts for other scientists to study

• an expert who studies and records the past

• a person who builds human-made features such as roads

• an expert who studies Earth's natural and human-made features

People who study ancient history make educated guesses called

• interpretations

• solutions

• investigations

• hypotheses

Archaeologists study the past by

• examining objects that people have left behind

• studying natural features of Earth

• studying human-made features of Earth

• examining diaries and letters made in the past

Which of the following is an example of an artifact?

• a mountain

• a plant

• a rock

• a sculpture

What type of social scientist would be most interested in an artifact with writing on it?

• archaeologist

• geographer

• historian

• detective

What type of social scientist would be most interested in how prehistoric people used their environment to survive?

• archaeologist

• geographer

• historian

• detective

Archaeologist is to artifact as historian is to

• detective

• diary

• landform

• laboratory

A prehistoric object is one that comes from a time

• before history was written

• after people lived in caves

• before humans hunted animals

• after electricity was discovered

Cave paintings have been found

• only in Lascaux, France

• all over the world

• only in South America

• only in Australia and Africa